Weekend of geek
This was a weekend of visual entertainment (along with many hours in the
gym, reading and NOT SLEEPING).
Watched Season 2 of Hex (which was so completely unlike the first
season that it seems strange that they didn't call it a spin-off or
something). Apparently they split the season differently on the DVDs than
with the airing which led to some widespread confusion on my part.
Clearly the highlight of season 2 is brief lesbian ghost cunnilingus on the
table in the middle of the busy dining hall, although Malachi's slide into
evil is of course also fun, if unevenly written (mmmmm villains). They
definitely needed someone for canon tracking, etc as things seem wildy
inconsistent for the uses of magic, weapons, etc. And the writing was
uneven, like they couldn't decide from week to week what they wanted to do,
arc-wise, or perhaps the group of writers kept changing or something.
Watched the first 4 eps of The Best Years - Canadian private
freshmen-starting-college show (yay for speedy itunes downloading). Self-righteous, self-involved protagonist,
budding romances, side-kicks, and not nearly as much time spent studying as
you would need to in order to pull decent grades at an elitist private
school. Exactly what you would expect, nothing more, nothing less.
Something I would probably never watch if we weren't in the summer drought,
but there you have it.
Saw the first 5 eps of Burn Notice, which I actually enjoyed more
than I expected for a USA middle-of-the-summer show. It has a McGuyver type
feel to it, what with the ongoing tips and uses for easily found objects,
which is definitely the best part. Well the second best, because clearly
Bruce Campbell is the best part (washed out drunk ex-spy). Just as with
QAF, I pretend that Sharon Gless does not exist. (Quote:
"Figuring out if a car is tailing you is mostly
about driving like you're an idiot. [......] Actually losing a
tail is not about driving fast; a high speed pursuit is just going to land
you on the 6:00 news. You just keep driving like an idiot until the other
guy makes a mistake. Again, all of this is easier without a passenger
yelling in your ear about missing a decade's worth of Thanksgivings.")
Season 1 of Blood Ties (or the partial season? I thought there were
supposed to be 22 eps for that one, not 12) is the visual media equivalent
of the most embarassingly trashy books that you hide and claim belong to
someone else. Seriously, it's
funny, because I wouldn't enjoy books this trashy, but in an empty house for
a weekend I am apparently posses weakness for watching the serious pretty,
despite it all. (Sometimes it's funny to have the reminder that I am not
completely gay on that shallow-check-them-out-and-drool kind of way. As I
find very few boys ever attractive in that way (as compared to literally
walking into things twice last week over babe-a-licious girls - one
mailbox and one bus stop sign *sigh*), it's always kind of a shock-y
entertaining when I do. *headdesk*)
Eureka - saw the first couple of episodes. (Middle-of-nowhere small town full of geniuses and special projects with potentially life-changing
effects.) Fun and a touch quirky, but it seems as though they could have
taken the extra-ordinary stuff a little bit further. I want serious weirdos
here.
Re:fall screeners I have no idea
which ones got picked up or even what network they are for, which is funny.
I am so out of the loop these days.
Reaper - Didn't keep my interest at all - didn't finish it.
Aliens in America - lame, not interesting. The wrong kind of teen drama for this girl.
The Sarah Connor Chronicals - OMG so awesome, very high in the sci-fi
category and the action category (time traveling and several big shoot outs,
which is a lot for one episode). I wonder how they are going to keep up the
pace for a whole show, but hopefully they can make it work as it is all
kinds of awesome (and has Summer Glau as John's protector from the future,
which is a nice bonus). And as Owain Yeoman (a Terminator) is only
apparently in two episodes, so hopefully the show is not cursed to very
quick cancellation (see Kitchen Confidential and The Nine, fall 2005 and
2006 respectively).
Speaking of Firefly alumnae, also a surprising amount of love for Chuck
(whose cast includes Adam Balwin). It will probably turn out to be one of
the shows that I will store up and watch half a season at a time, but still,
not bad for a pilot. I do have a love for Sci-Fi of the cyberpunkish slant
so a show featuring a human supercomputer who specializes in pattern
recognition is pretty wicked. Also, I suspect this one could have the
highest potential for slash (Captain Awesome is just asking for it).
Pushing Daisies, was fun in the awkward and dark and vaguely childlike way - (think A Series of Unfortunate Events). Again, probably would be fun to
marathon, but probably not enough for week to week tracking.
gym, reading and NOT SLEEPING).
Watched Season 2 of Hex (which was so completely unlike the first
season that it seems strange that they didn't call it a spin-off or
something). Apparently they split the season differently on the DVDs than
with the airing which led to some widespread confusion on my part.
Clearly the highlight of season 2 is brief lesbian ghost cunnilingus on the
table in the middle of the busy dining hall, although Malachi's slide into
evil is of course also fun, if unevenly written (mmmmm villains). They
definitely needed someone for canon tracking, etc as things seem wildy
inconsistent for the uses of magic, weapons, etc. And the writing was
uneven, like they couldn't decide from week to week what they wanted to do,
arc-wise, or perhaps the group of writers kept changing or something.
Watched the first 4 eps of The Best Years - Canadian private
freshmen-starting-college show (yay for speedy itunes downloading). Self-righteous, self-involved protagonist,
budding romances, side-kicks, and not nearly as much time spent studying as
you would need to in order to pull decent grades at an elitist private
school. Exactly what you would expect, nothing more, nothing less.
Something I would probably never watch if we weren't in the summer drought,
but there you have it.
Saw the first 5 eps of Burn Notice, which I actually enjoyed more
than I expected for a USA middle-of-the-summer show. It has a McGuyver type
feel to it, what with the ongoing tips and uses for easily found objects,
which is definitely the best part. Well the second best, because clearly
Bruce Campbell is the best part (washed out drunk ex-spy). Just as with
QAF, I pretend that Sharon Gless does not exist. (Quote:
"Figuring out if a car is tailing you is mostly
about driving like you're an idiot. [......] Actually losing a
tail is not about driving fast; a high speed pursuit is just going to land
you on the 6:00 news. You just keep driving like an idiot until the other
guy makes a mistake. Again, all of this is easier without a passenger
yelling in your ear about missing a decade's worth of Thanksgivings.")
Season 1 of Blood Ties (or the partial season? I thought there were
supposed to be 22 eps for that one, not 12) is the visual media equivalent
of the most embarassingly trashy books that you hide and claim belong to
someone else. Seriously, it's
funny, because I wouldn't enjoy books this trashy, but in an empty house for
a weekend I am apparently posses weakness for watching the serious pretty,
despite it all. (Sometimes it's funny to have the reminder that I am not
completely gay on that shallow-check-them-out-and-drool kind of way. As I
find very few boys ever attractive in that way (as compared to literally
walking into things twice last week over babe-a-licious girls - one
mailbox and one bus stop sign *sigh*), it's always kind of a shock-y
entertaining when I do. *headdesk*)
Eureka - saw the first couple of episodes. (Middle-of-nowhere small town full of geniuses and special projects with potentially life-changing
effects.) Fun and a touch quirky, but it seems as though they could have
taken the extra-ordinary stuff a little bit further. I want serious weirdos
here.
Re:fall screeners I have no idea
which ones got picked up or even what network they are for, which is funny.
I am so out of the loop these days.
Reaper - Didn't keep my interest at all - didn't finish it.
Aliens in America - lame, not interesting. The wrong kind of teen drama for this girl.
The Sarah Connor Chronicals - OMG so awesome, very high in the sci-fi
category and the action category (time traveling and several big shoot outs,
which is a lot for one episode). I wonder how they are going to keep up the
pace for a whole show, but hopefully they can make it work as it is all
kinds of awesome (and has Summer Glau as John's protector from the future,
which is a nice bonus). And as Owain Yeoman (a Terminator) is only
apparently in two episodes, so hopefully the show is not cursed to very
quick cancellation (see Kitchen Confidential and The Nine, fall 2005 and
2006 respectively).
Speaking of Firefly alumnae, also a surprising amount of love for Chuck
(whose cast includes Adam Balwin). It will probably turn out to be one of
the shows that I will store up and watch half a season at a time, but still,
not bad for a pilot. I do have a love for Sci-Fi of the cyberpunkish slant
so a show featuring a human supercomputer who specializes in pattern
recognition is pretty wicked. Also, I suspect this one could have the
highest potential for slash (Captain Awesome is just asking for it).
Pushing Daisies, was fun in the awkward and dark and vaguely childlike way - (think A Series of Unfortunate Events). Again, probably would be fun to
marathon, but probably not enough for week to week tracking.